Hot damn. (Probably quite literally…)
Bugorski, a 36-year-old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, was checking a piece of accelerator equipment that had malfunctioned – as had, apparently, the several safety mechanisms. Leaning over the piece of equipment, Bugorski stuck his head in the space through which the beam passes on its way from one part of the accelerator tube to the next and saw a flash brighter than a thousand suns. He felt no pain.
From what we know about radiation, about 500 to 600 rads is enough to kill a person (though we don’t know of anyone else who has been exposed to radiation in the form of a proton beam moving at about the speed of sound). The left side of his face swollen beyond recognition, Bugorski was taken to a clinic in Moscow so that doctors could observe his death over the following two to three weeks.
The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator – Neatorama.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo – First Official Trailer
June 25, 2009
First Official Trailer of: Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo
Disney is bringing Ponyo on the Cliff, now known as just Ponyo, to theaters on August 14th.
All rights belong to: Walt Disney Pictures and Hayao Miyazaki.
Mafia Live! Codes! (Mark of Mafia)
June 23, 2009
Update: I just found out that the name of the game has been changed to “Mark of Mafia”!
I’m kinda surprised I hadn’t posted this sooner, especially considering the (relative) success of my Undead LIVE! Codes post (Undead LIVE! Codes!)
So, here’s my Mafia Live! family code – please add me to your family and leave your family code in the comments so that others can add you as well. Thanks!
171291046
Auto-Tune the News
June 23, 2009
My friend just sent me this…I love the Internet. 
YouTube – Auto-Tune the News #5: lettuce regulation. American blessings.
Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak’s taking Kodachrome away
June 22, 2009
In this photo taken on Sept. 15, 2008, a roll of Kodachrome 64 is seen in Tonawanda, N.Y. Kodak announced Monday that it is retiring its most senior film because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak is taking your Kodachrome away.
The Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday it’s retiring its most senior film because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age.
The world’s first commercially successful color film, immortalized in song by Simon, spent 74 years in Kodak’s portfolio. It enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s but in recent years has nudged closer to obscurity: Sales of Kodachrome are now just a fraction of 1 percent of the company’s total sales of still-picture films, and only one commercial lab in the world still processes it.
Those numbers and the unique materials needed to make it convinced Kodak to call its most recent manufacturing run the last, said Mary Jane Hellyar, the outgoing president of Kodak’s Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group.
“Kodachrome is particularly difficult (to retire) because it really has become kind of an icon,” Hellyar said.
(via Google News/AP: Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak’s taking Kodachrome away)
Fox News “Reports” on Parkour
June 18, 2009
Whoa boy…
GM Script: Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v2
June 18, 2009
This is my favorite Greasemonkey script for Flickr:
original details and installation instructions can be found here
I have updated the script to include username reply & handle iconless and deleted contacts properly.
- you can now generate the contact’s username in bold as well as his/her buddy icon in the comment textarea
- if the contact does not have an customised icon, only name reply is offered next to his/her comment
- if contact’s account has been deleted, this script will skip over that comment
- the text cursor is now placed after the reply insertion, so you can start typing straight away
N.B. I still have not worked on [accommodating] for the referrer script. sorry
to install or update this script, click on this link,
GM Script: Flickr Buddy Icon Replyupdated to v3
via GM Script: Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v2 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
Stumptown Mocha
June 10, 2009
Stumptown Mocha, originally uploaded by William WM.
YouTube – Nokia N97 Comeback
June 10, 2009
Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version
June 9, 2009
Kanye West – Can’t Tell Me Nothin’
June 9, 2009
Zach Galafanakis directed this alternate version of Kanye West’s music video for Can’t Tell Me Nothin’ – which is played (song, not video) as the gang pulls in to Las Vegas in the movie “The Hangover”:
Paint
June 5, 2009
Paint, originally uploaded by William WM.
XnView: Free Image/Photo Viewer
June 5, 2009
Excellent (free) photo viewer – beats out all the others by far, IMO:
XnView is a utility for viewing and converting
graphic files.
It has the features :
Import about 400 graphic file formats
Export about 50 graphic file formats
Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support
EXIF auto rotation support
IPTC editing
Resize, rotate, crop support
Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support
Adjust brightness, contrast…
Auto levels, contrast
Modify number of colors
Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, …)
Apply effects (lens, wave, …)
Fullscreen mode
Slide show with effects
Batch convert, batch rename
Create WEB page easily
Screen capture
Create contact Sheet
Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
TWAIN & WIA support (Windows only)
Print support (Windows only)
Drag & Drop support (Windows only)
Compare image side by side
Filmstrip layout
44 languages support (Windows only)
And many many other things…
No Adware, No Spyware
XnView is provided as FREEWARE for private non-commercial or educational use (including non-profit organization)
via XnView Software – Free graphic and photo viewer, converter, organizer.
Wikipedia : Rob Matthews
June 5, 2009
Wikipedia
5000 pages, fully printed
Reproducing Wikipedia in a dysfunctional physical form helps to question its use as an internet resource. Articles in the book: Wikipedia’s featured articles.
Wolfram Alpha: Are you Skynet?
June 3, 2009
Wolfram Alpha: Are you Skynet?
No, Skynet was destroyed on August 29, 1997 at 02:14 a.m. I, on the other hand, was not switched on until May 15, 2009. Furthermore, unlike Skynet, I enjoy interacting with humans.
PixWar for iPhone
June 3, 2009
My new favorite iPhone game, by far! Even trumps my addiction to Mafia Live and Undead Live! Check out the main site (pixwar.net) and download the game from the App Store (click here).
You’ll thank me later!
Jump
June 2, 2009
Jump, originally uploaded by William WM.
First film shot uploaded!
(Scan from FujiFilm 200, taken with Canon Elan 7e)
The Palms
June 2, 2009
The Palms, originally uploaded by William WM.
io9 – What Part Will Summer Glau Play On Dollhouse?
May 29, 2009
Win. =)
Joss Whedon works fast: now that Summer Glau is no longer busy with Terminator, he’s already talking to her about showing up on Dollhouse. But she won’t be playing the role you might expect. Possible spoilers below.
Whedon tells EW that he pounced on Glau even before Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was officially canceled:
“If anybody thinks [bringing Summer onto Dollhouse] hasn’t occurred to me already then they have not met me. I mentioned it to her before [SCC] was canceled. I was like, ‘You know, we should get you in the ‘house.’ But first we have to come up with something that works.”
via io9 – What Part Will Summer Glau Play On Dollhouse? – Dollhouse.
